Emrie Brown

Chief Executive Officer, RMB

Emrie Brown is Chief Executive Officer of RMB, in the role since October 2022.

RMB (Rand Merchant Bank) is the corporate and investment banking business of FirstRand. Brown is its first female chief executive and joined the bank in 2001.

In the job

  1. Was named RMB chief executive, taking over from James Formby from 1 October 2022. Source

Career before

  1. 2001Transactor, Rand Merchant Bank
  2. 2006Head of Leveraged Finance, Rand Merchant Bank
  3. 2009Head of the Western Cape investment banking team, Rand Merchant Bank
  4. 2015Co-head of the Investment Banking Division, Rand Merchant Bank
  5. Head of RMB's Banking Division, Rand Merchant Bank

Education

Undergraduate degree, University of Pretoria; honours, Rand Afrikaans University (now University of Johannesburg); qualified as a chartered accountant after articles at KPMG

Sources

  1. businesstech.co.za
  2. businesstech.co.za
  3. businesslive.co.za
  4. africanmediaagency.com

Facts last checked 3 November 2026. Spotted something out of date? Tell us.

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